Xtorrent Public Beta 3

Posted by Craig Bovis on 02/9/07 in Applications, Home & Personal, Internet

Xtorrent Logo David Watanabe, the author of NewsFire RSS reader has released Public Beta 3 of his BitTorrent client, Xtorrent. This new release brings with it full support for RSS torrentcasts allowing you to subscribe to a sites list of torrents and easily download them with one click.

Having given this a try and get tell you that it really is as easy as Savid says. Simply subscribe to an RSS feed by adding its URL to Xtorrent and you will be presented almost instantly with a list of the latest files/folders from that feed. Each of these files/folders has a iTunes-esque download button next to it allowing you to download the file/folder in one click.

Xtorrent beta 3

Also included were various performance improvements and a fix for missing tracker address. If you’re into torrents then this is the client to be using on OS X!

Xtorrent is available to purchase at a discounted price of $15.89 for a limited time only, after which it will return to $18.99.

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Smaran Dayal said on

February 9th, 2007 at 6:42 am

It’s definitely a very well designed and appealing app. And the built-in search functionality is only matched by BitRocket’s. If you’re looking for a beautiful BitTorrent client and don’t mind paying some 800rs for it, Xtorrent is definitely the way to go.

To broke students like me, I can only suggest that you try and win a license (ooh! have I said too much?) or check out BitRocket (feature rich) or Transmission, both free & open source, but sadly, not as sexy as Xtorrent.

Nick said on

February 9th, 2007 at 6:54 am

I’m sorry, but I just don’t understand the logic behind making people pay for software that will be mostly used to pirate other people’s work. This is especially ridiculous considering the app is based on the open source Transmission.

if you’re into torrents you should know better!

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Stretch said on

February 9th, 2007 at 8:55 am

I want to know why we have to pay for BETA software.

Rennervater said on

February 9th, 2007 at 2:08 pm

Have to say it looks good! Not really surprising from the Author of Newswire

Chris said on

February 9th, 2007 at 6:22 pm

Man, there are soooo many things going against this app:

1. You have to pay for it.
1b. $19 is way to much for a such a specific app.
1b.b. WHY would you pay for a torrent client when so many out there are free? (see Azureus, TomatoTorrent, Transmission, rTorrent, etc.)
1c. Stretch is right, it’s a beta. Who the heck charges for a beta?

2. It might look nice, but many torrent directories hate it. The guys who run OiNK claim it’s “the bane of their existance” or something to that effect.

Sherb said on

February 9th, 2007 at 9:56 pm

Come on… torrenting is all about stealing! Why do the devs make you pay for the program??

Richard said on

February 10th, 2007 at 12:28 am

I recently started using the Xtorrent beta again after trying out the first release and uninstalling it. I must say, having been against Xtorrent from the very start, I am considering buying a license and parting with Transmission. It has greatly improved throughout the beta stage.

Indraneel said on

February 10th, 2007 at 1:04 pm

i agree with sherb, why would you pay for bittorrent, even if you’re not using it to pirate stuff. utorrent for windows is still king.

Smaran said on

February 10th, 2007 at 1:14 pm

@ Indraneel: Strange that you should mention uTorrent, as it’s not a Mac app… yet. Some die-hard fans like it so much, they go so far as to emulate it under OS X. I wrote up a how-to post, check it out, if you’re interested:

http://torrentfreak.com/how-to-run-utorrent-in-osx/

nate said on

June 24th, 2007 at 4:00 pm

BUYER BEWARE!!! NO SUPPORT!!! have now sent 20 e-mails… None have produced a reply. I am now trying to get my money back via my credit card company as this is just unacceptable. Once again I feel as if I was ripped off and I will do EVERYTHING I can to ensure this doesn’t happen to any one else!
All he has to do is REPLY and assist me in getting this issue fixed….